Awarded Grants

This project will increase the scope of Ndee Bikiyaa’s Farmers Workshops series by adding agribusiness education and skill building. Through agribusiness education and training, participants will utilize skills acquired to strengthen their identity as farmers & stewards of the land and water and catalysts of local traditional food economies.

This is a Maskoke-controlled agricultural project designed to create a conservation/restoration mechanism for bison and sturgeon, while decolonizing Maskoke diet by reincorporating consumption of historically bioregional animal proteins and vegetables, all while retaining traditional language immersion practices surrounding agriculture.These agricultural endeavors also leverage the entire ecovillage project through generated revenue.

The Indigenous Foodways Project will increase production of healthful and traditional foods at Pauma Tribal Farms to improve tribal wellness, promote sustainable (climate-smart) economic development, and preserve cultural heritage.

The project will leverage seven projects to create a Navajo food co-op while increasing the growth of nutrient dense foods; cultivating business knowledge so farmers can write business and conservation plans and elevate their business by branding a logo. Kinship/Ke’ Festivals will be utilized to educate communities on food sovereignty.

Our goal is to increase participants, so they stand to benefit from implementation of programming that contributes to positive community by providing residents of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation with retained Agricultural and Cultural knowledge as it relates to our homelands, for continued survival and growth in times of uncertainty.

The project will help increase our distribution numbers by making our produce available to more Tribal members. Being able to control what goes into our TSA boxes will also help us educate and manage a healthier form of diet to our participants. The goal is to develop healthier eating options.

Our project will help retain our kinship with the land by increasing youth participation in ranching, and by providing workshops on sustainable agricultural practices to utilize in building the capacity of Native ranchers. It also leverages our organization by providing training needed to position ourselves to access capital for expansion.

This project will increase the number of tribal farmers at Jemez and give more control to farmers when faced with drought conditions though creating a new agricultural relief well and water filling station. It also leverages financial support of the state of New Mexico and Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The project seeks to restore the vitality of the Yuchi language in our homes, ceremonies, churches, and community, by creating a new cohort of young Yuchi speakers through a year-round immersion program. It also seeks to increase language acquisition through the production of video learning materials and instructor certification.

The project will increase the number of fluent parents in our school community, will create opportunities for parents to speak Salish with their children at school and at home, and will create new Salish math and literacy materials that will support in-school and at-home Salish numeracy and literacy.